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Medical Student
Education Program
Director: S. Elizabeth Whitmore, M.D.
The Medical Student Education program in our department offers three
different options for interested candidates. These are open primarily
to Johns Hopkins medical students, but visiting students are also
accepted depending on their qualifications and availability at the
time.
The dates of the rotations follow the half-quarter and summer terms
of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's academic calendar and
visiting students are to follow those dates as well. Availability
is on a first-come-first-served basis.
One visiting student may be accepted per month, but only if the
chosen elective is not filled by Johns Hopkins medical students.
Basic Dermatology Elective
Duration: 1 month
Number of students accepted per month: 6
Pre-requisite: One basic clinical clerkship.
Description: Students may apply during their 3rd or 4th year of
medical school for a clinical elective in dermatology where the
focus is placed on intense exposure to a large number of patients
in different clinical settings, requiring active participation of
the student in the patient care process.
The elective month is divided into four week-long modules: Inpatient
Consultation Service, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Johns Hopkins
at Greenspring Station and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
These different services provide an excellent opportunity for students
to interact with different types of patients and to be exposed to
a wider range of skin problems. Parallel to the clinical activities,
there are daily didactic sessions in the morning and occasionally
at the end of the work day as well.
Formal lectures on basic dermatology topics are given by dermatology
residents and lectures on a more advanced level are taught by faculty
members in the department. Students are encouraged to select and
prepare an interesting clinical case for a formal presentation during
Grand Rounds at the end of their elective and to submit it for publication
if possible.
No formal final exam is given, and grading is based on the evaluations
submitted by residents and faculty members at the end of the month.
Coordinator: S. Elizabeth Whitmore, M.D.
Information: (410) 955-3397 - Tracey Estep
Advanced Dermatology Elective
Duration: 1-3 months (may be extended if necessary)
Number of students accepted per month: 1
Pre-requisite: Basic Dermatology Elective at Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions
Description: Students interested in a specific area of dermatology,
in dermatology research or students interested in pursuing dermatology
as a career may benefit from this elective. Arrangements have to
be made between the interested student and the faculty member who
will be mentoring them.
The main objective of this elective is active participation in a
small basic or clinical research project, and/or in one of our subspecialty
clinics. The faculty mentor will provide the specific schedule,
but students are encouraged to participate in all didactic activities,
including weekly Grand Rounds, during the time spent in the department.
Coordinator: S. Elizabeth Whitmore, M.D.
Information: (410) 955-3397 - Tracey Estep
Basic Dermopathology
Duration: 1 month
Number of students accepted per month: 1
Pre-requisite: 3rd or 4th year students
Description: Students may apply during their 3rd or 4th year for
an elective in Dermatopathology. Students will attend daily sign
out where they will be exposed to a large volume of cases. Additional
exposure will come through the use of study sets which are available
to the students.
The students will attend the dermatology weekly Grand Rounds where
they will see patients and participate in the discussion and presentation
of the pathology for those patients. Additionally, the students
will attend two formal Dermatopathology teaching sessions per week.
Coordinator: Pending
Information: Angela Snead 410-955-3484
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